Secure wipe on iPhone 4 and Samsung s3
We know that iPhone 4 and Samsung s3 comes with an option for factory reset so all data can be deleted. Nevertheless, since mobile phones are coming out every day, we wanted know how can do a secure wipe on both phones.
Please advice.
Please advice.
Here's instructions for manually wiping the iphone: http://www.ehow.com/how_5169825_wipe-iphone-memory.html and Samsung s3: http://www.smerret.com/cell-phones/samsung-galaxy-s3/how-to-hard-reset-wipe-samsung-galaxy-s3. If you want a remote management solution Miraki is free, http://meraki.cisco.com/products/systems-manager. AirWatch is another good paid option.
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Do these links do a "secure wipe"?
How secure are they?
That is, that when resetting the phones and selling it to another person, can they restore pictures, documents, etc?
How secure are they?
That is, that when resetting the phones and selling it to another person, can they restore pictures, documents, etc?
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We have googled for any documentation supporting secure wipe on both phone. From your link we see "Encrypt". How about iPhone, is there any documentation supporting encryption by default?
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Thank you very much!!! Great Info!!!
Have you seen something similar for the Samsung s3?
Have you seen something similar for the Samsung s3?
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We want to secure wipe both iPhone 4s and Samsung s3. When we say secure wipe, we mean that when all data is deleted, it will be almost impossible to restore data after we sell or give away the devices. We just want peace of mind that when the device is another person's hand, our data has been off the device and secured wipe.
We have successfully perform the delete/reset on the iphone, now we need to finish with the samsung s3.
Base on the EE helping us in the question, we concluded that the best way to go about it is:
- First encrypt the device based on the linked provided (http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-make-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-more-secure-50008299/).
- Then do Hard Reset Wipe based on the provided link (http://www.smerret.com/cell-phones/samsung-galaxy-s3/how-to-hard-reset-wipe-samsung-galaxy-s3).
Please advice if we are on the right direction.
We have successfully perform the delete/reset on the iphone, now we need to finish with the samsung s3.
Base on the EE helping us in the question, we concluded that the best way to go about it is:
- First encrypt the device based on the linked provided (http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/how-to-make-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-more-secure-50008299/).
- Then do Hard Reset Wipe based on the provided link (http://www.smerret.com/cell-phones/samsung-galaxy-s3/how-to-hard-reset-wipe-samsung-galaxy-s3).
Please advice if we are on the right direction.
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Thanx